Born in England and raised Jewish, she became agnostic, writing books about her own lack of faith, the prophet Muhammad and her time as a car columnist.

The Oscar-winning actor will star as an A.I.-curious author in “McNeal,” starting performances in September at Lincoln Center Theater.

News stories have chronicled the basketball star’s detention in a Russian prison. Here’s her version.

Now a suburban married mother, Eilis Lacey finds herself in a quandary in “Long Island,” Colm Tóibín’s sequel to his much-admired novel.

In an era of endlessly safe comic universes, “Miracleman: The Silver Age” goes another way with the return of a godlike hero from a world more like ours.

Inspired by her grandmother, Eve J. Chung’s lively novel, “Daughters of Shandong,” traces a harrowing journey across 1950s Communist China.